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CJCC's 2025 recidivism report shows lower reoffending and gains in housing and employment
Summary
The CJCC's 2025 recidivism report found strong program results: pre-charge diversion completers showed 97% no reconviction at one year; treatment opportunity participants showed 83% no convictions post-program; treatment court graduates had substantial reductions in convictions and improved housing and employment outcomes.
CJCC staff presented the council's fifth annual recidivism report, which reviewed outcomes for the council's portfolio of diversion and treatment programs and found meaningful reductions in reoffending for participants alongside measurable gains in housing, employment and education.
The report described five program areas. The pre-charge diversion program (operated out of the district attorney's office) is for first-time, low-risk offenders; staff reported a 71% program completion rate and that 97% of completers had no new convictions one year after completion, with 95% still free of new convictions at three years and 93% at five years.
The treatment opportunity program (a post-charge, TAD-funded program for nonviolent offenders) showed 83% with no convictions post-program and about 74% with no new convictions three years out. Staff said the program delivers individual intensive case management, treatment connections and drug testing and typically takes about nine months to complete.
The most intensive program, treatment court, serves high-risk participants and requires judicial monitoring, frequent observed drug testing and intensive case management. Staff reported roughly 51% completion for treatment court participants; among completers, about 80% had no new convictions at one year and roughly 45% had no new convictions at three years, representing a substantial reduction from pre-program conviction histories.
The family treatment court (started in 2019) has graduated about 60% of participants; among graduates, staff reported reduced child-protective-system re-engagements one year post-program. The jail-based medication-assisted treatment program has enrolled about 61 participants since 2022; staff said 55% of participants had no charges one year after leaving the program and noted two postrelease fatal overdoses among participants.
Clerk of court Katie Shalley and Judge Meyer were referenced as contributors to the data committee that developed the report's framework; Judge Meyer previously presented numbers to the county board to place program effects in context. Council members discussed how arrest counts can overstate local resident involvement when multiple arrests or nonresident arrestees are included.
Staff filed the report in the meeting packet and said the findings will inform future CJCC recommendations to county administrators and help prioritize program funding and evaluation.
